Chapter 14
The fight
A/N: I got Angelica's bratty character from the line in FOTR where it says under her name w/ the mirror: "Angelica too obviously considered her face shapely." etc. So it sounds like she's a bit snobbish. ( Keep reading & reviewing!
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"Where are we going, Frodo?" Angelica asked once they got outside. The day was turning out beautifully but it was still rather cold. Frodo shrugged.
"I guess we could go into the woods.I have a favorite spot I like to go to all of the time."
"The woods?" Angelica asked as she hurried to keep up with her cousin.
Frodo turned around and gave Angelica a cocky smile. "Scared are you?"
Angelica's body stiffened. "I am not."
"I'll bet you two coppers you'll turn back by the time we reach the entrance."
Angelica's cheeks turned a bright shade of crimson as she clutched her walking stick very tightly. "Fine. Let's go, then."
They continued walking through the wheatfield when "OUCH!" Frodo ran headstrong into someone.and that someone turned out to be Lotho Sackville- Baggins. The two hobbits stood up once they'd recovered and brushed dirt from their trousers.
"Why don't you watch where you're going?" Lotho snapped.
"Why don't YOU watch where YOU'RE going?" Frodo replied in just as harsh of a tone.
"Frodo.let's go," Angelica begged.
"Who's the lass?" Lotho asked. "Your new GIRLFRIEND?"
Frodo started to respond when he felt a tug on his waistcoat. "Ignore him," Angelica pleaded. "You know how Bilbo feels about fighting!"
"So how is that crazy Uncle of yours?" Lotho sneered.
"He's NOT crazy." Frodo snapped.
"Oh yeah? I'll bet it was his supposed gold that killed your parents, Frodo. Both fighting over who got a share of it and."
"You take that back!" Frodo dove on Lotho, knocking him once again to the ground and the boys immediately began an all-out fistfight. Angelica stood to the side too frightened to jump in and rescue Frodo. "Take it back or I'll break your nose!" Frodo yelled as he narrowly missed a blow to the cheek.
"Stop it!" Angelica cried. She knew the smartest thing to do would be go run home and grab Bilbo to get him to stop the fight but her legs wouldn't move.
"Angelica!" Frodo yelled once Lotho got him into a headlock. "Get Bilbo! Or Hamfast.of somebody.quick!"
She took off at full speed nearly breaking her neck after she tripped over a root. She reached Bag-End faster in five minutes-a record for her, as she wasn't exactly the thinnest of hobbits. She quickly opened the door and ran into Bilbo's study.
"What on Earth is the matter?" Bilbo asked standing up.
"It's-it's Frodo-he's in a big fight with some boy."
Bilbo put his hands on his hips. "All right.lead me to where he is. We'll put a stop to this."
Anglica grabbed Bilbo's hand and led him out the door. They couldn't get to the scene of the fight fast enough and when they did get there, they found both hobbitlads unconscious on the ground. "Frodo!" Bilbo got to his knees beside his nephew and turned him over on his back.
"Is he." Angelica began, her voice cracking.
"He's not dead.but he's suffered a nasty blow to the head." Bilbo glanced over at the second unconscious lad and frowned. "Lotho Sackville- Baggins. I should have known. Tears began flowing down Angelica's cheeks.
"I-I'm sorry I didn't get you sooner, Uncle Bilbo. But my legs wouldn't move when the fight started and it took a lot to even go when Frodo told me to."
Bilbo gave her a kind look. "We're going to have to carry these two back. Unfortunately." the older hobbit gazed at the fallen form of Lotho and sighed. "Angelica.run and get my gardener.Hamfast Gamgee.right next door. I'll need a hand getting both of them back to Bag-End and they would be too heavy for you to carry."
"Yes sir." Angelica took off again. When she returned with Hamfast the two older hobbits lifted the boys and made the long walk back to Bag- End.
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"That's my lad."
Frodo groaned and opened his eyes. Everything around him appeared blurry and he had a dreadful headache. "Where-where am I?" he asked weakly. "Am I ill.I feel awful."
"Shhhh."
Frodo grimaced as he felt something wet and cold being placed against his right eye and he felt someone touch his bare arm. It took a few moments but everything came into focus and he realized he was lying down in his bedroom at Bag-End. Bilbo sat one one side of him on the mattress and Angelica sat on the other. Both of them looked exhausted as though they had traveled cross-country in a run. "Thank goodness you're all right," Angelica said quietly. "You boys are so dreadful.fighting to solve problems. Honestly!"
"I was fighting?" Frodo asked.
Bilbo nodded. "I'm afraid you were, Frodo. And you got in to quite a bit of a nasty scuffle as both you and your opponent were unconscious when I arrived at the scene."
"Who was I fighting with?"
"Lotho Sackville-Baggins. He's not here, Frodo.his mother came and picked him up an hour ago. Let me tell you what a trial that was." Bilbo glanced at Angelica before looking back at Frodo. "We'll let you sleep for a little while. You've had quite a day." Bilbo removed the compress from Frodo's eye and replaced it with a fresh one. "Keep this on your eye, lad.it's very swollen."
"Yes sir." Frodo moaned as he heard them both get up and leave the room. Amazingly enough Frodo didn't remember anything that had occurred earlier that day, and wondered what Angelica was doing at Bag-End. "It will come back in time," his mind-voice said and he hoped so.
A/N: I got Angelica's bratty character from the line in FOTR where it says under her name w/ the mirror: "Angelica too obviously considered her face shapely." etc. So it sounds like she's a bit snobbish. ( Keep reading & reviewing!
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"Where are we going, Frodo?" Angelica asked once they got outside. The day was turning out beautifully but it was still rather cold. Frodo shrugged.
"I guess we could go into the woods.I have a favorite spot I like to go to all of the time."
"The woods?" Angelica asked as she hurried to keep up with her cousin.
Frodo turned around and gave Angelica a cocky smile. "Scared are you?"
Angelica's body stiffened. "I am not."
"I'll bet you two coppers you'll turn back by the time we reach the entrance."
Angelica's cheeks turned a bright shade of crimson as she clutched her walking stick very tightly. "Fine. Let's go, then."
They continued walking through the wheatfield when "OUCH!" Frodo ran headstrong into someone.and that someone turned out to be Lotho Sackville- Baggins. The two hobbits stood up once they'd recovered and brushed dirt from their trousers.
"Why don't you watch where you're going?" Lotho snapped.
"Why don't YOU watch where YOU'RE going?" Frodo replied in just as harsh of a tone.
"Frodo.let's go," Angelica begged.
"Who's the lass?" Lotho asked. "Your new GIRLFRIEND?"
Frodo started to respond when he felt a tug on his waistcoat. "Ignore him," Angelica pleaded. "You know how Bilbo feels about fighting!"
"So how is that crazy Uncle of yours?" Lotho sneered.
"He's NOT crazy." Frodo snapped.
"Oh yeah? I'll bet it was his supposed gold that killed your parents, Frodo. Both fighting over who got a share of it and."
"You take that back!" Frodo dove on Lotho, knocking him once again to the ground and the boys immediately began an all-out fistfight. Angelica stood to the side too frightened to jump in and rescue Frodo. "Take it back or I'll break your nose!" Frodo yelled as he narrowly missed a blow to the cheek.
"Stop it!" Angelica cried. She knew the smartest thing to do would be go run home and grab Bilbo to get him to stop the fight but her legs wouldn't move.
"Angelica!" Frodo yelled once Lotho got him into a headlock. "Get Bilbo! Or Hamfast.of somebody.quick!"
She took off at full speed nearly breaking her neck after she tripped over a root. She reached Bag-End faster in five minutes-a record for her, as she wasn't exactly the thinnest of hobbits. She quickly opened the door and ran into Bilbo's study.
"What on Earth is the matter?" Bilbo asked standing up.
"It's-it's Frodo-he's in a big fight with some boy."
Bilbo put his hands on his hips. "All right.lead me to where he is. We'll put a stop to this."
Anglica grabbed Bilbo's hand and led him out the door. They couldn't get to the scene of the fight fast enough and when they did get there, they found both hobbitlads unconscious on the ground. "Frodo!" Bilbo got to his knees beside his nephew and turned him over on his back.
"Is he." Angelica began, her voice cracking.
"He's not dead.but he's suffered a nasty blow to the head." Bilbo glanced over at the second unconscious lad and frowned. "Lotho Sackville- Baggins. I should have known. Tears began flowing down Angelica's cheeks.
"I-I'm sorry I didn't get you sooner, Uncle Bilbo. But my legs wouldn't move when the fight started and it took a lot to even go when Frodo told me to."
Bilbo gave her a kind look. "We're going to have to carry these two back. Unfortunately." the older hobbit gazed at the fallen form of Lotho and sighed. "Angelica.run and get my gardener.Hamfast Gamgee.right next door. I'll need a hand getting both of them back to Bag-End and they would be too heavy for you to carry."
"Yes sir." Angelica took off again. When she returned with Hamfast the two older hobbits lifted the boys and made the long walk back to Bag- End.
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"That's my lad."
Frodo groaned and opened his eyes. Everything around him appeared blurry and he had a dreadful headache. "Where-where am I?" he asked weakly. "Am I ill.I feel awful."
"Shhhh."
Frodo grimaced as he felt something wet and cold being placed against his right eye and he felt someone touch his bare arm. It took a few moments but everything came into focus and he realized he was lying down in his bedroom at Bag-End. Bilbo sat one one side of him on the mattress and Angelica sat on the other. Both of them looked exhausted as though they had traveled cross-country in a run. "Thank goodness you're all right," Angelica said quietly. "You boys are so dreadful.fighting to solve problems. Honestly!"
"I was fighting?" Frodo asked.
Bilbo nodded. "I'm afraid you were, Frodo. And you got in to quite a bit of a nasty scuffle as both you and your opponent were unconscious when I arrived at the scene."
"Who was I fighting with?"
"Lotho Sackville-Baggins. He's not here, Frodo.his mother came and picked him up an hour ago. Let me tell you what a trial that was." Bilbo glanced at Angelica before looking back at Frodo. "We'll let you sleep for a little while. You've had quite a day." Bilbo removed the compress from Frodo's eye and replaced it with a fresh one. "Keep this on your eye, lad.it's very swollen."
"Yes sir." Frodo moaned as he heard them both get up and leave the room. Amazingly enough Frodo didn't remember anything that had occurred earlier that day, and wondered what Angelica was doing at Bag-End. "It will come back in time," his mind-voice said and he hoped so.